Albert barrett



Patented July I2, |898. A. BARRETT.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

(Application filed Sept. 11, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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I Nrrn STATES ArtNr `rrrca ALBERT BARRETT, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO ALONZO BURT AND B. O. HALDEMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent NO. 607,327, dated July 12, 1898.

Application filed September 11, 1897. Serial No. 651,268. (No model.)

T all whom t may concern):

. Be it known that I, ALBERT BARRETT, re-

siding at Kansas Oity, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain Improvements in Advertising Devices,

of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to new and novel means for advertising purposes to be placed in shops, small hotels, and other semiro public places.

It consists, essentially, of one or more revoluble spindles I provided with wings or other means to the surface of which advertising inatter-such as picture-cards, posters, and other i5 printed material-can be secured, placed in proximity to the roller of a long endless towel, so that when the towel is pulled down and its roller rotated the spindle or spindles are also caused to rotate and change the position of 2o the advertisements, all of which I will now proceed to describe, and point out in the appended claims.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification and illustrating the invention, Figure l is a front view. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a section on line @o of Fig. l.

The means shown for carrying out the invention consists of aframe designed to be sel 3o cured to the wall of a room, but it may be made to rest upon the floor, if desired.

a a. are strips of wood, to which the shelves l) and c are fastened. Dependingpi'rom the under side of h are two brackets s s, in which the ends of the roller h are adapted to rotate. A portion of the front of the bracket is cut away at j, so that the roller can be readilyinserted in a manner common to ordinary roller towel-racks. Upon the outer ends of the roller 4o are secured the wheelsm m,whose peripheries may be covered with soft rubber.

c e are spindles provided with bearings o and a in the cross-pieces b and c and having at each end disks r and t, respectively, the

' 45 upper disks 1' bearing under the wheels n n and in frictional contact therewith.

p p are drawers under the shelf cto be used for any purpose and are supported at the ends by the brackets d. 5o T represents an endless towel hanging over the roller 7L in a manner well understood.

It is designed that the su rfaces of the wings g g, which extend between the disks r and t, shall becovered with advertisements-such as picture cards, photographs, and other 55 showy printed matter-of a character to present a lively and attractive appearance.

The device shown is to be placed upon a wall in a room devoted to toilet purposes or near'to a lavatory. Vhen a person wishes 6o to dry his hands or face after washing, it is natural to pull the towel downward to secure a dry or unused part thereof, and in so doing the roller 7i and its wheels m are rotated,which, being in frictional contact with the upper surfaces of the disks r r, cause them to rotate with their spindles e, and thereby change th position of the advertisements.

The bearings j in the roller-brackets s are cut low enough so that the wheels m will al- 7o ways rest upon the disks r and not directly upon the bearings, in order that the wheels may be wholly free to rotate the said disks,

It will be seen that by the simple means shown a very effective advertising device is produced and one which presents a constant kaleidoscope effect and attracts attention.

It is to be understood that I do not coniine myself to the particular construction shown, as any design to which the invention can be 8o applied is within the spirit thereof-as, for instance, horizontal spindles maybe operated from the roller, or one, two, or more vertical spindles may be thus operated, as will be readily seen by inventive minds. Various other means maybe applied to cause the spindles to rotate than that described. For instance, bevel-gears may be used, or cords or bands over pulleys, and other surfaces may be provided to attach the advertisements- 9o for instance, the spindles c may be surrounded by cylinders, die. 1

Having fully described the invention, I claim- ,Y

l. The combination in an advertising device ot" a suitable back or frame; ot' one or more spindles held in bearings upon said frame provided with means for displaying advertisements; of a removable roller held in bearings but not resting thereon, the said roo bearings being provided with openings on one side thereof; an endless towel upon said towel upon said roller; with means whereby the rotation of the roller is communicated to the spindles eonsistiugof cooperating friction- Wheels upon the contiguous ends of the spindles and roller, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 24th day of August, 1897.

ALBERT BARRETT. Vitnesses:

S. C. PETTIT, EDWARD F. NVEBSTER. 

